The ceiling in my new spare room collapsed last week, and I’m looking at an immense bill to get it fixed up again. Part of myself and others wants to just tack up some plastic sheets and not stress about repairing the ceiling, however, a…
Living down south is not for wimps. It takes a man made of sterner stuff to survive in the swamp-filled southeastern corner of the nation, then for example, consider the bug population for a moment. In this area my good friend and I have wasps,…
I am in my early 30s, but I have no children or family, and have been “in between” boyfriends for about six months. This means that I am usually stuck with a lot of the extra work that comes up with the local contractor. All…
It’s no secret among my family that I didn’t like going to school as a kid. It started in first grade when I was bullied for having glasses. Nowadays I doubt that would even cross the mind of the average six year old, but in…
Usually I had a steam boiler running and a fan-forced gas furnace as a backup in case something failed with the boiler Extreme weather is one of the scariest things to deal with in life. If you are in tornado alley, you contend with the…
I’m a big spender. So much so that I get a little carried away and sometimes forget how much money I have left in my bank account. I mean I know I’ll make the money back but there are stretches that get a little rough.…